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Panjal Pass), # — M. Theobaldi, nobis, n. s.,f — Hystrix hirsutirostris, 

 Brandt (H. leucurus, Sykes), 2 skulls, — Ovis Vignei, nobis, skins of old 

 female and of young male, also some skulls and frontlets, — Capra sarin, 

 (the Himalayan Ibex), skull of a female, — G-azella cora, H. Smith (H. 

 Bennettii, Sykes), skull and horns of male, — and skulls of Sus indicus, 

 Gray. 



The most interesting of the birds are a specimen of the recently de- 

 scribed Nucifraga. multimacttlata, Gould, from Kashmir, — ditto of the 

 Seesee Partridge, Ammoperdix Bonhami, from the Panjab Salt Range, — 

 a small Bunting, Euspiza, perhaps new,J — a new Mirafra, sent entire in 

 spirit, as also a skin,§ — Accentor atrogularis, nobis, — and Corydalla 

 rufula, (Jerdon) ; the last being a species which was discovered on the 

 Nilgiris, but whose chief range would now appear to be the N. W. 

 Himalaya. 



Also a fresh-water Crab (Thelpheusa). 



3. Pulwar Skipwith, Esq., C. S. Skin of Rhizomyys pruinosus, nobis, 

 J. A. 8. XX, 519, from Sylhet. 



* The same Mouse, to all appearance, as one sent by Capt. Sherwill from Darji- 

 ling {ante. p. 409) ; but certainly not the young of M. urbanus, Hodgson, the 

 description of which seems to indicate the M. Manei, Gray, or common House 

 Mouse of all India. 



f Like M. gerbillinus, nobis (ante p. 410); but larger, with comparatively 

 shorter tail and larger feet. Dimensions of an adult female. — Length of head and 

 body 2| in. ; tail 2f in. ; ears £ in. ; tarse and toes Ai- in. 



X Euspiza, female. Length 5| in. ; of wing nearly A in. ; and tail 2£ in. 

 Brown, with narrow medial dusky streaks to coronal feathers, and a conspicuous 

 pale narrow supercilium : shoulder of wing and margins of the alars deep maronne- 

 brown : lower parts rufescent, streakless. Legs pale. 



§ M. pho3nicuroides, nobis. Affined to M. phcentcura, Franklin, but the 

 general hue less rufescent ; the under-parts pale fulvous. grey, albescent on throat ; 

 tail brown, faintly rufescent at its extreme base, and on the exterior web of the 

 outermost feather; broad margins to inner webs of the primaries and secondaries, 

 with the axillaries, also pale rufescent, imparting this hue to the inner surface of 

 the wing. Wing 3| in., the short first primary 1£ in., and If in. shorter than the 

 second, which is £ in. less than the next three, which are ecpial. Tail 2f in. ; bill 

 to gape £ in. ; tarse £ in. ; and hind-claw -f\ in. Hab. Kashmir. 



There are also the wings and feet of a large female Carpodacus (apparently) ; 

 the wings measuring 4| in., with tertiaries If in. shorter than the primaries ; and 

 tarse 1 in. 



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